Jared (The Protectors #2)(9)

“Are you waiting for her to run out of f*cking glasses?” Jared yelled at Sid who stood ready to dodge if he had to. Levi struggled under him cursing. Jared picked him up and tossed him toward Duncan. “Get him the f*ck out of here now.”

Tessa continued to throw glasses, she couldn’t stop, she was out of control. Seeing Jared heading her way she started throwing them at him, but he dodged and batted them away with an ease that made her throw faster. He caught her wrist in a firm, but gentle grip reaching for the glass.

“Let me go you….you piece of bat shit.” Tessa tried to pull away still holding the glass in a death grip.

Jared’s eyebrow rose, a smile tugging the corner of his mouth. Bat shit….that was a new one. He’d been called a lot of things, but never a piece of bat shit. “Let the glass go.” His voice was calm and even.

Glancing around at the other two vampires she shook her head. “No.”

“No one is going to hurt you.” He kept hold of her wrist, his eyes never leaving hers.

“Little late for that.” Tessa snorted, but loosened her grip enough that he took the glass.

Jared frowned putting the glass far enough away from her. “It won’t happen again.” He let go of her wrist. “Can I trust you not to throw anymore glasses?”

“Are you going to get out of my house?” Tessa shot back rubbing the aching pain in her temples.

“No.” Jared replied, lifting his hand to her face he frowned when she flinched. “Hold still.”

Tessa leaned back as far as she could go as his large hand reached for her face again. “What are you doing?” She slapped at his hand.

Sighing Jared quickly grasped her face with his hands and gently massaged her temples. When she started to struggle he tilted her face to his. “I am trying to help you. Hold still.”

Once she settled down, Tessa noticed the difference in her head. The heaviness and aching pain was slowly easing. Closing her eyes she moaned her pleasure. God that felt wonderful after the blinding pain she had just suffered. Slitting her eyes open she peaked at the vampire massaging her head. His features were strong and hard with lean lines. His golden eyes, framed with the longest lashes she had ever seen on a man, focused on her lips. What was it when a man looked at a woman’s lips her tongue automatically had a brain of its own snaking out to moisten. Yeah, her tongue had a mind of its own. His eyes darkened as they shot to hers. His hands pulled away so quickly she stumbled back a step.

“Thank you.” Her hand shot self-consciously to the side of her head. Looking around the tall vampire she saw the other two staring at them.

“Where’s your brother?” He growled looking downright pissed off. What in the hell happened to the nice guy?

Tessa swallowed hard. “I have to pee.” Shot out of her mouth. Embarrassed Tessa turned running up the steps. “I have to pee.” She whispered to herself rolling her eyes not believing she couldn’t come up with a better avoidance of his question than that. At least it got her out of the room.

At the top of the steps she turned to make sure no one was following. Slamming her brother’s door loudly she tiptoed into the bathroom because she really needed to pee. Leaving the door open she quickly went to the toilet praying no one came up the steps. If they did they would have a perfect view of her sitting on the toilet. While doing her business she toed off her shoes pushing them to the side.

Tessa finished her business quickly then stood still listening to the quiet of the house. She could hear them talking in hushed tones below her. She almost felt like a teenager again sneaking out in the middle of the night. Tiptoeing down the hall to her room she made it to her bed. Climbing up she crawled across slowly then placed her big toe on the floor putting pressure down to see if it squeaked. She used to know every squeaky board in her room. For years she didn’t really have a need to worry about it, until now. When it didn’t squeak she started to tiptoe across the floor toward the window. Her last step before she made it to the ledge squeaked loudly sounding like the whole house was coming down around her. Cringing she stood completely still waiting for the three huge warriors to come busting into the room. After a few seconds she felt safe enough to slip out the window.

Looking at the tree she had used as an escape from her room many times as a teenager she sighed. What in the hell is she getting herself into. Crawling out the window she grasped the tree branch and let her legs swing away from the window. This day definitely rated up there on her suck list.

Tessa felt her grip loosen on the branch she was gripping with every ounce of strength she had. Small pieces of bark rained down on her face. Crap, she remembered this being easier. “Maybe that’s because you were much younger and skinnier….dumbass.” she mumbled with a grunt. Glancing down she gasped. She didn’t remember it being this damn high.

Chapter 4

Jared stood in the kitchen listening to Sid and Damon, but his mind was on the redhead. He usually knew when a woman wanted him, because well, they usually threw themselves at him, but this one he wasn’t sure about and didn’t that just rub him the wrong way. He could usually charm his way into any woman’s good graces and bed within minutes of meeting them and have them whispering their secret desires but this one ended up throwing glasses at him.

“She’s been up there an awful long time.” Sid broke into his thoughts.